PvP is not fun.

[Amused]

In it's current state I believe that PvP is far more frustrating and bogged down by poor design choices than it is fun. More often than not I feel like I'm battling with the terrible clunky mechanics than I am the other players.

I've played as every role possible and I found absolutely none of them enjoyable. I feel that some major changes need to be made to PvP in order for it to feel better.

Some changes I'd make:

- Remove sprint from PvP
Chasing a sprinting target as melee is annoying and not even remotely fun in any sense of the word. I know about weapon throw but that's purely a band-aid fix that wouldn't even be necessary if sprint wasn't allowed in PvP.

- Casting isn't interrupted simply by being attacked
This change would make it so that interrupts and other CC has to be used intelligently and decisively rather than currently where you can mindlessly lock down a caster simply by running a train on them

- Overall reduction of damage and/or increased health pools
People can die way too quickly in the average match before things can even get interesting.

- Removal of positional requirements on attacks
Currently playing a class without positional requirements is far beyond frustrating. With how mobile PvP is in its current state coupled with how inconsistent latency is it's a nightmare trying to reliably fulfill positional requirements on attacks.

All of the above in tandem with the painfully long queues and the ridiculous grind to rank 30 is enough to nearly put me off the PvP in this game for good. I feel like this game needs to take some notes from WoW on how to do PvP right as in it's current state it's not worth playing, in my opinion. I'd avoid it at all costs if I had known what I was getting into from the beginning but now that I've started I feel forced to complete the grind to rank 30.

[TeraRamis]

How about not having PvP stuck inside a single, boring, tiny arena? Arenas are a passé, lazy design.

[Skyhound]

If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. PvP just isn't for you.

When you have two parties that actually know how to play the PvP, you end up with interesting matches that are relatively long. You just need to learn how to play a DRG in PvP and you will see that it is actually pretty fun.

Also, there is a PvP forum fyi

[Amused]

If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. PvP just isn't for you.

When you have two parties that actually know how to play the PvP, you end up with interesting matches that are relatively long. You just need to learn how to play a DRG in PvP and you will see that it is actually pretty fun.

Also, there is a PvP forum fyi

It's like you didn't even read my post.

[Skyhound]

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I did, I'm just dismissing it because all of those things are important aspects of PvP that actual PvP players know how to handle. However, I'll bit.

- Weapon throw is not a "Band-aid fix" it was a conscious addition by SE as a counter to sprinting. Sprinting is a legitimate tactic for casters to escape from attackers.

-If attacking wasn't enough to interrupt casting, Sleep and SMN in general would be 100x more powerful in PvP than they already are.

-If you use PvP gear and the morale system, you will see a big increase in your survivability in PvP and longer matches as a result.

-Finally, there's a PvP action that waives the positional requirements on attacks for some time.

These are all things you would know and understand if you took the time and effort to learn how PvP is played. What, do you want everyone to just stand still and throw attacks at each other?

[Naunet]

-If attacking wasn't enough to interrupt casting, Sleep and SMN in general would be 100x more powerful in PvP than they already are.

Not really commenting on the other issues, but really - you honestly prefer being able to just mindlessly whack at players and interrupt, rather than having to plan and time one's usage of interrupt abilities? One is fire and forget; the other requires the tactical implementation of strategy. I enjoy PvP in other MMOs, but this part of XIV's PvP really does set it apart... and not in a good way.

[JamesTiberius]

I completely agree. Especially with sprint. It's hard enough to melee a moving target due to latency, (I'm playing on a US server from Japan, bad ping) but when they pop sprint, forcing you to also use sprint (And then invigorate), it makes the PVP experience less than fun.

But by far, my biggest annoyance is playing as a BLM (Or SMN, I suppose). I detest the fact that casting is interrupted if your target moves out of your frontal arc. Even if no one is attacking you, your spells don't go off if your target is smart enough to move every once in a while. I'm basically forced to sprint about like a ninny, casting scathe until swiftcast is ready. And that 100% interrupt by physical attacks seems a bit unfair.

[Davionx]

GCD, instanced and the worst possible serverside delays Ive witness in 21st century gaming. The fact is that anyone interested in PvP in any type of serious or meaningful gameplay never bought this game in the first place.

[Doo]

It's not, there's two f2p games that have better pvp. DCUO and Neverwinter though I haven't played them in awhile so not sure if it's still good. PvP wasn't meant to be serious in this game hence why everyone is call "Fresh meat".

[Blazer]

It's not, there's two f2p games that have better pvp. DCUO and Neverwinter though I haven't played them in awhile so not sure if it's still good. PvP wasn't meant to be serious in this game hence why everyone is call "Fresh meat".

TERA and RIFT both have pvp that are leaps and bounds better than FFXIV.

Hell. The pvp in this game is so bad, that FFXI 1v1's are better.